[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TIME TO REWRITE THE BUDGET

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, we all know that Newt Gingrich has a 
doctorate in history but over the past few days he may have earned a 
doctorate in revisionist history as well.
  The Speaker has tried to blame President Clinton for the Government 
shutdown but he has been planning this for months.
  Just look at what he said in April and in September.
  In April: ``The President will veto a number of things and we'll then 
put them all on the debt ceiling and then he'll decide how big a crisis 
he wants.''
  In September: ``I don't care what the price is. I don't care if we 
have no executive offices and no bonds for 30 days, not at this time.''
  ``I don't care.'' That is what Speaker Gingrich says. Well, the 
President does care. He cares about our seniors, he cares about our 
students, and he cares about our environment. That is why he will not 
accept this budgetary blackmail.
  Madam Speaker, I say to the Speaker, if you want the President to 
sign your budget, do not rewrite history, rewrite your budget.

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